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Kocaeli’s exports exceeded $10 billion: Dynamo of exports were the automotive and chemistry sectors

In the first six months of the year, an export of $10.1 billion was made from Kocaeli. The dynamo of exports has been the automotive and chemistry sectors.

According to the information compiled from the data of the Turkish Exporters Assembly, Kocaeli finished the first half of the year in the second place after Istanbul in the export league.

The foreign sales of the city, which was $7 billion 707 million 111 thousand in the January-June period of last year, increased by about 32% in the same period of this year and reached $10 billion 147 million 806 thousand.

Kocaeli, the only city outside of Istanbul that exceeded the export threshold of $10 billion in the last 6 months of the year, contributed 8% to the country’s exports with this performance.

The automotive and chemical industries are the dynamos of exports

Companies operating in the automotive and chemical sectors made $7 billion 40 million 168 thousand, which corresponds to 69% of the city’s exports in this period.

The export sales of the automotive sector in Kocaeli, which was $3 billion 67 million 515 thousand in the first half of 2021, increased by 19% in the same period of this year and became $3 billion 645 million 937 thousand.

The chemical industry, whose export performance increased by 63% compared to the first half of last year, ranked second with $3 billion 394 million 231 thousand in foreign sales. In the same period of last year, the sector realized an export of $2 billion 81 million 272 thousand.

While the steel industry ranked third with $944 million 90 thousand, it was followed by the ferrous and non-ferrous metals with $683 million 321 thousand, and the electrical-electronics industry with $418 million 922 thousand.

Exported to 178 countries and autonomous regions

In the first half of the year, products were shipped to 178 countries and autonomous regions from Kocaeli, which is Turkiye’s gateway to the world with 35 port facilities built around the Gulf of Izmit.

In this period, the most exported country from Kocaeli was the United Kingdom. Foreign sales to this country increased by 13% compared to the same period of the previous year and were recorded as $1 billion 19 million 988 thousand. In the first half of 2021, $902 million 971 thousand worth of goods were sold from Kocaeli to the United Kingdom.

While the Netherlands ranked second with $698 million 614 thousand, this country was followed by the Republic of South Africa with $622 million 989 thousand, Italy with $602 million 662 thousand, and France with $570 million 789 thousand.

Source: Trthaber / Translated by Irem Yildiz

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